After a little ways further on the trail we made it to a field clearing. Once there we came across a man sitting on a rock at the side of the trail. W... assumed it was the one car that we saw. As we were approaching about two hundred feet away my wife started whispering to me. He is pretty good looking babe. She stated. Well then why dont you ask him to join us? I replied Really? You would not mind at all? She asked a little knocked back from my response. No not at all with how you have been. Maritza whispered back that it was obvious that she still did not recognize how serious her situation was. He pushed open the door and raised his voice. ‘Our daughter does not think I am serious. Very well, I will persuade her otherwise.’ The tone of her father’s words unsettled Anyia. What happened next unsettled her much more. Vladik and his partner entered the room, grabbed the Grand Duchess, and cuffed her hands behind her back. Anyia struggled and screamed indignantly. Vladim stepped out. Even more bizarre was the reactions to the rumors Bonnie and Della were now his concubines. Even Zach, whom Jake had always considered a friend, shunned him after Jake confirmed the rumor to him. Lunch was interesting, as Jake and his group seemed to be the center of attention. Elle, growing tired of the comments from some of the male teachers, made her way to Jake's table and spent the rest of lunch with them.Cooler weather had driven most of the students who spent their lunch hour outside to. I dared not go back into the lounge for fear of messing up the food or displaying just how much I liked her. The promise of a night alone with Grace felt good, too good to be true in fact. In twenty-four hours, this tidal wave of desire washed away my aloofness. It was no good denying it; I really fancied her. Caught in a daydream, I peered into the oven and took the blast of heat straight in the face.“Fuck!”“Everything okay?” wafted from the lounge.“Yeah, just trying not to incinerate.